SAN FRANCISCO, May 21, (THEWILL) – Hillary Boateng, Chairperson of Ghana’s Women’s Premier League Committee, has lamented the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, disclosing that a footballer with a promising future has gotten pregnant during the partial lockdown in the country.
Boateng who was speaking to Accra-based radio station, Adom FM, stated that she felt sad after she was told that one of her players is pregnant.
She said: “I felt so sad when I was told one of my girls has been impregnated during the lockdown period, a player very good and promising, and it’s so worrying.
“I will plead with my female footballers not to allow themselves to be used and dumped.”
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She also believes that it will be disheartening for the league to be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic as it had good momentum before the suspension.
Boateng said: “The women’s league had a very good first round; it was very exciting, looking at the Southern and Northern sectors. It is even difficult to find clubs who will be relegated and who will not. It will be a huge disappointment.
“Therefore if we are asked to hold on the hype and momentum built until next season, it will mean resuming all [efforts] over again.
“Clubs who have worked hard and are first on their league tables have to start all over again. There will be a lot of disappointing effects on everybody.”
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